Hillary Clinton holds talks with Egyptian military leaders in Cairo

Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi walks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense on July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

Hillary Clinton has held meetings with influential Egyptian leaders, including newly inaugurated Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and military leaders, in Cairo, according to news reports.

The US Secretary of State was meeting Sunday in Cairo with top military commander Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the country's interim leader after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

Upon arriving in Egypt on Saturday, Clinton declared that the US "supports the full transition to civilian rule with all that entails," the New York Times reported.

She added that she looked forward to working "to support the military’s return to a purely national security role."

According to Bloomberg, tensions between Morsi — of the Muslim Brotherhood — and the country's senior generals have risen since the military council — headed by Tantawi — stripped the civilian leader of some powers and granted itself legislative authority.

Further, "Egypt still has no constitution, a new government has yet to be named and the economy is struggling to recover from the uprising against Mubarak," Bloomberg wrote.

Clinton has not commented directly on the military’s "power grab," instead stressing that the country's future is for its citizens to decide.